posted 13 January 2007 06:50            

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Could you recommend a book on or by Xennakis, about his compositional ideas?

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posted 13 January 2007 06:59            

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Xenakis' book is:

_Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition_
published by Indiana University Press in 1971.

Additional resources can be found at: http://www.iannis-xenakis.org/

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posted 13 January 2007 07:04            

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I just checked and saw that it is available in paperback as:

Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition (Harmonologia Series, No 6)

so you should be able to find it at your favorite online bookstore...

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posted 13 January 2007 10:20            

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This book was an inspiration for me, and not only in my musical life.
It was written at a time Boulez said Xenakis was an "amateur"...

I remember me copying wholes chapters by hand to make sure I understand
at leat some of his concepts when I was in high school.

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